Scraper for floors, &amp;c.



No. 698,849. Patented Apr-.29, I902.

0. OUELLETTE.

SOBAPER FOR FLOORS, a.

(Application filed Sept. 16, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

Patented Apr. 29, I902. C. OUELLETTE.

SCRAPER FOR FLOORS, &c.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLO'VIS OUELLETTE, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

SCRAPER FOR FLOORS, 80c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,849, dated April29, 1909. Application filed September 16, 1901. Serial No. 75,510. (Nomodel.)

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLovIs OUELLETTE, of Lowell, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Scrapers for Floors, &c., of which the followingis aspecification.

, This invention relates chiefly to tools for smoothing wood surfacesthat require a high polish, such as cabinet-work and interior housefinish, and is especially adapted to tools for use in smoothinghard-woodfloors and for scraping paint, varnish, &c., from floors and othersurfaces.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple and efficient toolcomprising a working member, such as a scraping-blade and a handletherefor, the blade being adapted to be readily adjusted relatively tothe handle to suit various requirements.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a' part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved scraper in po sitionfor use .upon a floor or other surface. Fig. 2 represents an elevationsimilar to Fig. 1 with the scraper and" holder in section. Fig. 3represents a top view. Fig. 4 represents an end elevation. Fig. 5represents'a top view showing a guard hereinafter described. Fig. 6represents a section on line Fig. 13 is a side elevation, partly insection,

' form of holding device.

of a modifiedform' of scraper. Fig. 14 is a top view of the, same, alsopartly in section. Fig. 15 is a top view of another modification. Fig.16 is a section on line 16 16, Fig. 15. Fig. 17 is a sectional elevationof another Fig. 18 showsthe means provided for attaching a-brush orbroom to the scraper.

Fig. 10-representsasec- Referring first to Figs. 1 to 12, inclusive, 1)represents the blade of my improved scraper, which is interposed betweentwo clamp members (1 e. The inner member (2 is provided with a recess f,which forms one part ner ends with bosses m n, which in this embodimentof my invention are substantially hemispherical. One of said bosses isprovided upon its inner surface with a conical projection 0, Figs. 8, 9,and 10, adapted to engage a complemental socket'p, formed in the otherboss, as shown in Fig.'10. I

The-projection 0 and socket pare eccentrically arranged, so that whenthe handle members Z k are placed together and in the position shown inFigs. 7 and 8 the two bosses are contracted or become substantiallyspherical and are adapted in this position to be introduced into andturned freely in the loop 9'. The bolt 11 is then passed through theclamp members and blade and engaged by the nutor'head-t', as shown inFig. 2, the bosses at and nbeing' interposed between the loop 9 andrecess f.

drawn inwardly and caused to'firmly engage and hold the blade.

The loop 9 is formed slightly oblong, so that the boss a may be free tobear against the recessf without engaging the inner surface of the loop,as shown in Fig. 9.

The scraping-blade is preferably rhomboidal in form, so that inoperating on a floor ICO near a base-board an acu te angle of the blademay enter the right angle formed by the floor and base-board.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a guard q, suitably secured to the clampmember e, so that when operating near the base-board the guard willprevent contact between the blade and the base-board.

The clamp memberd of the head is adapted to be readily detached withoutloosening the head or nut 2' on the bolt 72, said member being providedwith a keyhole-shaped opening 7, the larger end of which is slightlylarger in diameter than the nut 'i, so that when the members of thehandle are in the open posi tion shown in Figs. 7 and 8 and the member dis released from pressure said member may be moved laterally until theopening registers with the nut 2'.

When the device is to be operated with both hands, a handhold 3 (shownin dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 4) may be applied to the upper edge ofthe blade. Said handhold may consist of a piece of wood or othersuitable material grooved upon one side to engage the blade. the bladeon which it is mounted and prevents said edge from being dulled.

The handle members Z and 7c may be held together when in operation byany suitable means. ber Z a notcht, with which is adapted to engage'atooth or projection a, formed on the member 70. An incline c, Fig. 7, isprovided upon the member Z, the arrangement being such that when the twomembers are pressed together the incline 1; will engage the projection uand enable the parts 25 u to interlock, as shown in Fig. 1, the pressureon the clamping parts holding the said parts in engagement.

on the handle members and eccentrieally pivoted together constitute anadjustable fillingpiece interposed between the loop g and recess 7, saidfilling-piece being extended by the adjustment of the handle members tothe position shown in Figs. 1, 2, 9, and 11, and thus caused to extendthe two-part socket and close the clamp members upon the blade, andcontracted by theadjustment of the handle members to the position shownin Figs. 7, 8, and 12, thus permitting the contraction of the socket andreleasing the clamp members. When the clamp members are released, theblade I) may be rotated on the bolt h to bringeither edge of the bladeinto working position, and the clamp members and blade may be turned invarious directions on the contracted filling-piece to vary the angle ofthe blade relatively to the handle, so that the lower edge may extenddiagonally to the handle or at a right angle therewith, and the blademay be inclined vertically with relation to the handle ormay stand at aright angle therewith. Either of the four edges of the blade maytherefore be used, the blade being This handhold protects the edge of.

I have shown formed upon the mem turned after one edge has become dullto bring another edge into position for use. The clamp is released andengaged simply by spreading and elosin g the parts of the handle. Hencethe blade can be very quickly released, adjusted, and secured. The bladeand handle can be very quickly separated and packed I in small compasswhen not in use, or they may be folded into relatively compact formwithout separation. The blade and handle can be adjusted so that thetool may be operatedeither by drawing'it toward or moving it from theoperator.

In Figs. 13 and 14 I have shown a modification in which the adjustablefilling-piece is composed of bosses m n, which are substantially annularor'hook-shaped instead of hemispherical and are eccentrically connectedat 19'', so that they are adapted to engage and release the two-partsocket substantially in the manner above described. I have also shown inFig. 13 modified means for locking the handle members Z is in closedposition, the same comprising a latch 3, pivoted at 4 to the handlemember 70. A spring 5, secured to a lug 6, pivoted to the handle memberIt, bears at one end upon'an arm 7, formed upon the latch, and at theother end upon the handle member Z, so that when the two handle membersare brought together, as shown, the latch engages a notch 8 formed inthe memb'erZ and locks the handle members together. The latch isprovided with an arm 9, which projects downwardly through a slot in themember and enables the latch to be detached from the member Zwhen thehandle members are to be separated.

I igs. 15 and 16 show the outer'part of the socket formed as a loop 9,connected by arms g g with the end portions of the clamping member (Z,the handle and filling-piece being constructed as shown in Figs. 1 to12.

In Fig. 17 the two-part socket is substantially the same as shown inFigs. 1 to 12, the filling-piece being of different construction andcomprising a ball e, engaging the recess fand loop g. Said ball isformed upon the handle member Z, which member is provided with a plunger0 the inner end of which is adapted to bear on the recess f and theouter end to bear against a projection e formed on the handle member 70.Said member 70' is pivoted at e to the member Z, the arrangement beingsuch 'that when' the memhersk' Z are closed the projection e on themember 70'' will engage the end'ot' the plunger-and force the latteragainst the recess'f. The said plunger and the ball 6 thereforeconstitute an adjust-' e upon its outerend adapted to receiveathumb-screw e, which screw passes through capable of being clampedbetween said clamping members. I do not, therefore,limit myself to ascraping-blade as the said working member nor to the particular form ofthe acting faces of the clamping members here shown, as said actingfaces may be adapted to the form of the working member to be clamped.

I claim- 1. A tool of the character stated compris-= ing a workingmember, clamping members formed to confine the said working member, ahandle, and connections between theclamping members and the handle, saidconnections including a socket and a filling-piece therefor, and havingprovisions for rigidly securing the clamping members and the blade tothe handle at various angles.

2. A tool of the character stated comprising a working member, clampingmembers formed to confine the said working member, an expansible socketconnected with the clamping members and adapted when expanded'to lockthe clamping members and working member together, and a handle having anexpansible socket-filling piece on which the socket is adapted to turnto give the working members various angular adjustments, and means forexpanding said filling-piece and socket.

3. A tool of the character stated comprising a working member, such as ablade, outer and inner clamping members bearing on 0pposite sides of theblade, a two-part adjustable so'cket, one part of which is attached toone clamping member while the other part is attached to the otherclamping member, a handle having a two-part adjustable fillingpiecelocated between said socket parts, and means for extending saidfilling-piece to cause it to elongate the two-part socket and therebycause the-clamp members to grasp the blade.

4. Atool of the character stated comprising a working member, such as ablade, outer and inner clamping members bearing on 0pposite sides of theblade, a two-part adjustable socket, one part of which is attached toone clamping ll'lBlHbGlQNVhflG the other part is attached to the otherclamping member, a handle having a two-partv adjustable fillingpiecelocated between said socket parts, and means for extending saidfilling-piece to cause it to elongate the two-part socket and therebycause the clamp members to grasp the blade, the said socket andfilling-piece being formed to permit a rotative adjustment of thesocket-piece and clamp members relatively to each other, whereby theclamp members and the blade held thereby may be secured to the handle atdifferent angles.

5. A tool of the character stated comprising an acting member, such as ablade, outer and inner clamping members bearing on, opposite sides ofthe blade, a two-partadjustable socket, one part of whichis attached toone clamping member. while the other part is attached to the otherclamping member, a handle composed of two independently-movable membersterminating in a two-part adjustable filling-piece located between, saidsocket'parts and eccentrically, connected, so that the filling-piece maybe elongatedbya given adjustment of the handle members and caused toengage the clamping members with the blade. v

6. A tool of the character stated, comprising a working member, such asa'blade, outer and inner clamping members bearingon opposite sides ofthe blade, a two-part adjustable socket, one part of which is attachedto one clamping member while the other. part is attached to the otherclamping. member, a handle having a two-part adjustable fillingpiecelocated between said socket parts, and means for extending saidfilling-piece to cause it to elongate the two-part socket andtherebycause the clamp members to grasp the blade, said bladebeing rotatablyadjustable between the clamping members to present either. ofits edgesto the surface to be scraped.

7. A tool of the character stated, compris- 7 ing a working member,suchasa blade,-outer and inner clamping members bearingon op positesides of the blade, a two-part adjustable socket, one part of which isattachedto one clamping member, while the other part is attached to theother clamping member, a handle having a two-part adjustable.fillingpiece located between said socket parts, and means for extendings'aid filling-piece to cause it to elongate the two-partsocket andthereby cause the clamp members to grasp the blade, one of said clampingmembers having a guard formed to project over one edge of the blade.

I 8. A tool of the character stated, comprising a working member, suchas a blade, outer and inner clamping members bearing on opposite sidesof the blade, a two-part adjustable socket, one part of which isattached to one clamping member, whilexthe. other part is attached tothe other clamping member, a.

handle having a two-part adjustable fillingpiece located between saidsocket parts, and means for extending said filling-piece to cause it toelongate the two-part socket and thereby cause the clamp members tograsp the blade, said blade having a handhold adapted to detachablyengage one of its edges.

.9. "A tool of the character stated, comprising an acting member, suchas a blade, outer and inner clamping members bearing on opposite sidesof the blade,-a two-part-adjustable socket, one part of which isattached to one clamping member while theotherpart is attached to theother clamping member, a handle composed of two independently-movablemembers terminating in atwo-part adposite sides of the blade, a two-partadj ustable socket, one part of which is attached to one clampingmember, while the other part is attached to the other clamping. member,a handle composed of two independently-mow able members terminating in atwo-part adj ustable filling-piece located between said socket parts andeccentrically connected, so that the filling-piece may be elongated by agivenadjustment of the handle members and caused to engage the clampingmembers with the blade, one member of the handlehaving a projection andthe other member a recess adapted to engage said projection tolock thehandle members together.

11. A tool of the character stated, comprising a blade, onterand innerclamping members bearing-on opposite sides of the blade,

the inner member having a member of a twopart. socket, a loop attachedto the other clamping member and forming a complemental part of saidtwo-part socket, a handle composed of two independently-movable .membersterminating in bosses located in said loop and eccentrically connected,said bosses projecting into the said socket and forming an adjustablefilling-piece between the parts of the socket, said filling-piece beingelongated by a given adjustment of the handle members, and caused toengage the clamp; members with the blade.

12. A tool of the character stated, comprising a blade, outer and innerclamping members bearing on opposite sides of the blade, the innermember having a member of a twopart adj ustable socket, a bolt passingthrough said members and blade and engaged at one end with the outermember and having at the other end a loop forming a complemental part ofsaid two-part socket, a handle composed of two independently-movablemembers terminating in bosses located in said loop and eccentricallyconnected, said bosses projecting into the said socket and forming anadjustable filling-piece between the parts of the socket, saidfilling-piece being elongated bya given adjustment of the handle membersand caused to engage the clamp members with the blade.

13. A tool of thecharacter stated, comprising a working member, such asa blade, outer and inner clamping members bearing on opposite sides ofthe blade, a two-part adjustable socket, one part of which is attachedto one clamping member, while the other part is attached to the otherclamping member, a handle having a two-part adjustable filling piecelocated between said socket parts, and means for extending saidfilling-piece to cause it to elongate the two-part socket and therebycause the'clamp members to grasp the blade, the said tool having meansfor holding a brush. 7

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CLOVIS OUELLETTE.

Witnesses:

OVIDE OUELLETTE, J. T. MASTERSON.

